Tag: BOC

DOF to BOC: Donate 30,000 bags of undocumented rice to DSWD

(Eagle News)–The Department of Finance has ordered the Bureau of Customs to donate 30,000 bags of undocumented rice shipments to the Department of Social Welfare and Development. Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez made the announcement in an e-mailed statement on Tuesday, Dec. 25. According to Dominguez, he gave the order to Customs Commissioner Rey Leonardo Guerrero last month. Earlier, the BOC under then-Commissioner Isidro Lapeña donated 16,000 rice bags to the same agency. Goods under the […]

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De Lima seeks Senate probe of “military takeover” of BOC

(Eagle News)–Senator Leila de Lima on Monday, Nov. 26, is seeking a Senate probe into what she said was the “military takeover” of the Bureau of Customs. De Lima made the call months after President Rodrigo Duterte replaced Isidro Lapeña with Rey Leonardo Guerrero, who had just retired as Armed Forces of the Philippines chief of staff. “The operationalization of the military take-over of the BOC threatens to violate the provisions of the Constitution on the […]

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Lapeña hits back at NBI; Modus behind vanished ceramic tiles from Customs would have continued unnoticed if not for me, he says

(Eagle News) — Former Customs Commissioner Isidro Lapeña lashed out at the National Bureau of Investigation for filing charges against him in connection with the vanished 105 ceramic tiles from the Bureau of Customs early this year. According to Lapeña, who now heads the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority, the unlawful release of such would not have been discovered in the first place if not for the 22 alert orders he issued on the 119 […]

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New TESDA chief Lapeña insists he tried his best to reform Customs bureau

  (Eagle News) — Former Customs commissioner Isidro Lapeña has officially started his new job as director general of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) after taking his oath before President Rodrigo Duterte. In his speech before he turned over his former job to former MARINA administrator Rey Leonardo Guerrero on Wednesday, Oct. 31, Lapeña insisted he had tried to institute reforms at the controversial Bureau of Customs, even as he admitted that […]

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DOJ’s Guevarra confirms ex-Customs intel officer Guban now under WPP

  (Eagle News) — Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra has confirmed that former customs intelligence officer was indeed admitted to the Department of Justice’s Witness Protection Program (WPP). “Yes, Mr. Guban has been admitted into the WPP. But that’s all that I can say,” he told reporters on Tuesday afternoon. Guevarra refused to give more details citing the “confidential” nature of the WPP. Thank you for understanding the confidential nature and purpose of the WPP. Really […]

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DOJ: President Duterte’s act of putting Customs bureau under “watchful eye” of AFP, only temporary

  (Eagle News) – Justice Secretary Menardo Guevarra said that the action of President Rodrigo Duterte to put the Bureau of Customs “under the watchful eye” of the military was just “temporary,” and that civilian rule in the controversial agency should still be supreme at all times. In a message to reporters, Guevarra said that the “President, as Chief Executive, has the power of supervision and control over the entire Executive Dept, and is duty-bound […]

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Mahigit P12-milyong halaga ng smuggled na sibuyas, nasabat ng BOC

(Eagle News0 — Nasabat ng Bureau of Customs (BOC) sa Maynila ang anim na 40-footer container na naglalaman ng mga smuggled na sibuyas na nagkakahalaga ng mahigit P12 milyon. Una nang inilagay sa alert order ang mga naturang shipment mula China na nakapangalan sa ASD Total Packages Enterprises Inc. Idineklara ng consignee na laman ng mga container ay mga mansanas. Nang ininspeksyon, dalawang layer ng kahon ng mga mansanas ang unang tumambad subalit pagdating sa […]

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500 kilo ng shabu nasabat sa Manila port

(Eagle News) — Nasabat ng mga tauhan ng Bureau of Customs (BOC) ang halos 500 kilo ng hinihinalang shabu sa Port of Manila matapos makatanggap ng tip mula sa Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) at Philippine National Police (PNP). Ayon sa PDEA, ang nasabat na kontrabando ay nagkakalahaga ng halos 3.4 bilyong piso. Dumating ang shipment noong June 28, lulaln ng isang container van na galing sa Malaysia. Naka-consign ito sa Vecaba Trading International na […]

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BOC seizes P4.5 million worth of smuggled onions from China

(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Customs has seized P4.5 million worth of smuggled onions from China. In a statement on Monday, June 11, BOC Commissioner Isidro Lapena said the three-footer containers that held the onions arrived on May 22 and were confiscated after an X-ray scan by the X-ray Inspection Project. The BOC said the shipment was consigned to Precious Prince Enterprises supposedly located on 15320-B Street corner Michael Street, San Agustin Village, Moonwalk, Parañaque […]

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BOC turns over to PDEA seized shabu, ecstasy shipments worth P11.87 million

(Eagle News) The Bureau of Customs (BOC) on Tuesday, May 22, turned over two shipments of methamphetamine hydrochloride (shabu) and party drug “ecstasy” to the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA). The two drug shipments allegedly came from California, United States. They were seized last month at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). One of the drug shipments was discovered on April 23 inside a pillow. The pillow contained 344.50 grams of drugs addressed to a […]

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BoC seizes shipments containing P11.87 million worth of shabu at NAIA

(Eagle News) — The Bureau of Customs on Tuesday, May 22, seized two shipments of shabu worth P11.87 million in separate instances in the Ninoy Aquino International Airport. Customs Commissioner Isidro Lapeña said both packages came from California in the United States, and had fake consignees and delivery addresses. The first package, he said, was seized on April 23, and was sent by one Audio Schit. He said it contained 344.50 grams of suspected shabu and […]

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Valenzuela court dismisses cases vs suspects in P6.4-billion shabu shipment mess

(Eagle News)– A Valenzuela court has junked the drug cases filed against nine people in connection with the P6.4-billion shabu shipment mess. In dismissing the case for transportation and delivery of dangerous drugs against self-confessed fixer Mark Taguba II; alleged middlemen Manny Li and Kenneth Dong; import company owner Eirene May Tatad; Customs broker Teejay Marcellana; and  businessmen Chen I-Min, Jhu Ming Jhun, and Chen Rong Huan, Chen Ju Long, Judge Arthur Melicor of Branch 284  […]

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